Colin Coplin

I Am Man - Poem by Colin Coplin

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I am man, I walk upright, I play God 'cause I canI stand proud, I stand alone, no animal equals manThe birthright of life, yes, I've claim it, immortal I stand in timeI am that I am, yes I am man and I feel fine

The sun set lazily into the horizonSome clouds sprinkled a dropp or two of rain The wind kissed my face like a new loverAn eagle showed off it's freedom to a sculptured world below

Sometimes I wish I was that eagleYes I wish I had it's heightBut instead I'm like those clouds'cause occasionally I cry

But I am man, I have reached those heights and higher'cause I can cry when I am happy and when I am aloneI can play with time if I desireI am what I am, on my own

A river sparkled, it looked to me she was laughingMaybe at the sky the way it wore today’s rainbow like a frownOr maybe at the bird sitting high in the treeWhistling for it’s mate who's flying off alone

Sometimes I wish I was that riverYes, I wish I had it's laughBut instead I'm like that birdWhistling for his lady who's now far off

But I am man, for I have seen such joys, no known feelings can describeAnd I have dreamed such things and built them in my own timeThere is no love imaginable I have not come to feelFor I am man

The animals take a casual stroll through the isles of natures supermarketWhere the strong survive and the weak must dieAnd the seas only move, to each breathe taken by the moonAnd if a mountain were move, it could only be to crumbleWhile a star would simply disappear from sight

I am man, I walk upright, I play God 'cause I canI stand proud, I stand alone, no animal equals manThe birthright of life, yes, I've earned it, immortal I stand in timeI am that I am, yes I am man and I feel fine

And as I stand on the cusp of tomorrow, I shed only a little tearFor all my hopes and dreams are real, they are what got me here

And every forest I have seen dwindleAnd every scar on my mother’s wombI have healed and I have sewnIn the amber of the late afternoon